Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
DULUTH 4 TOWER CITY.

2s bic through the Iron mines.
:" NOrmllllon Lake viewed
T.. 505 from, tho top OF Al
'1.'-,".& Mountain.
4, Pleasant trip to the Northwest
The Minnesota Editorial Association
met at Anoks, last Wednesday, for their
annual meeting. a:4s ..-s:
h We were not present at the Anoka
Meeting, the fraternity from this place
being represented by G. H. Davidson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Basford of the Regis
ter. who are enthusiastic in their reports
of the entertainments at Anoka.
After the usual routine of business.
and the election Of officers, the editors
amused themselves by fineing lite news
paper wit at each other, after which they
participated in an elegant banquet pre-
pared for them. For knowing just how
to handle and entertain crowd of this
kind, the whole party unanimously say
that Anoka takes the cake.
Wednesday afternoon, we (Gordon),
Mrs. G. H. Davidson and Mrs. John Cook
boarded the $3.50 train on the Minneseta
4 Northwestern road, overhauling the
party at st. Paul, and found everybody
In the best Of spirits, ready for the trip
to nulnth And Tower
At, 10 o'clock the excursion party
boarded the train on St. Paul & Duluth
road. numbering 1s0 strong. Reaching
Duluth the next morning at $50, they
disembarked in the midst of torrent
Of rain and to the music of q thunder
storm, but were conducted safely by
busse sand hacks to Hotel st. Louis
where they took breakfast. ~ @....E i. IS S
a drive about the city had been planed
BY the citizens Of Duluth, but owing TO
herain8 and ,hunde STORM this pleasure
va sbaldonded and the party were.
e3ndncted immedi diately after break fast.
Is ths uiufh 4 IIlo1 depot where
sapscial train wss u 5saiting. At 9s30'
tie tram pulled out for Tower, which
place they reached . little after o'clock,
and were conducted to the Pioneer
Hotel, where fine banquet dinner had
been prepared for them.
On arriving at Tower we found them
in mourning for G. G. Sellers, their most
prominent citizen, and the man who
had been the leading character in max
ing arrangements for the reception and
g entertainment of the editorial excursion.
In the afternoon before the arrival Of
The excursion. Mr.. Sellers went to his
saw mill, and had barely entered it,
where he stood talking to an employe,
when the saw burst. flying piece of
steel about sixteen inches long and
crescent shape struck Mr.. Sellers in the
head, making frlghtful wound about
Eight inches long, extending from the
,op of the left cheek to the back and
op of the skull. Mr. Sellers was carried
o his hotel where he died in few hours
after.
This was the first thing that happened
o mar the festivity and enjoyment Of
he trip, and nothing was done at Tower
'urther than to furnish the excursion
With splendid dinner.
No one felt hurt At this, the only ex-
,ressions heard being that of sympathy
or those who were so suddenly bereaved
ind of regret that they could not have
oeen notified in time to have changed
heir plans so as to have avoided the
and interference upon this
lad occasion. - : 4 = -
It was strange combination of events.
The dining room of the hotel was filled
With guests partaking Of the. banquet
which had been planned and provided
~ one who was lying In room above.
,old in death. The solemn notes Of
he funeral hymn came floating down to
ningle with the clatter Of the dining room,
ind his lifeless form carried away in full
View of those who had expected to be
by him.
We then visited the Minnesota Iron
truly they are q wonderful thing
Over /, 800 men are employed in these
mines, the capital invested exceeding
b, COZ, 600. The ponderous machinery
vas awonder, and the pipes, wires and
lump carts running in every direction
seemed as though they were all snarled,
greatly puzzling the ladies of the party.
md we might say some beside the ladies',
But seme how everything seemed to come
ut right, and the ore after being put in
he carts in the mines was safely deposit
ID on the cars without further handling
~ human hands.
And then the view Of Vermilion lake
Fas simply grand, q sight long to be re-
nembered Every body went into &C.
tacles over it. We shall not attempt to
describe it. o il would take an artist to
oitinstlce, and We are not an expert At
zen picturing.